Zi:问
问(F問) [wèn] ask/inquire; 问题 question/problem; 访问 visit; 讨问 discuss; 审问 interrogate; 问安 pay respects
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 问(問) wèn ‘ask/inquire’ combines 门(門) mén ‘door’ (phonetic) and 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’.
If understood as 口 words spoken outside the 门 door, then 门 mén may be seen as both phonetic and signific (phonosemantic).
Compare: 闻(聞) wén ‘hear’, 间(閒) jiān ‘between’.
►references: Karlgren:AD609; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:7.4285.1; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:034.0.09; EDOC:0
►components: 门口
►Cantonese: mahn-
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